David C is waiting
for his second great grandchild to arrive. Leonie put several flowering plants
in her garden this morning. Geoff had problems with his computer and modem. Jo
attended a meeting on Monday because she was concerned about a small child
riding a bike on her street but nothing happened and also bought in heaps of
watches to show us – all fakes. Pauline invited people to attend a 500 card
group at 1.15 pm Mondays at the Country Club Sanctuary point and happy she can
stay till 4 pm today. Wendy is addicted to Cryptic crosswords and hasn’t had time
to do much else. Helene watched 2 DVDs at home this week during the rain - Bullit
and the Great Gatsby. Melissa co-hosted a radio show with Terry on Monday about
cars. Terry is researching buying another camera. Di is waiting to learn how to
use her new computer.
Acumen = wisdom,
knowledge, ability
Incandescence =
glowing with light
Pecuniary =
financial
Mediation = an
agreement between parties
Opine = to state
an opinion
Prodigal =
wasteful, recklessly extravagant
Curate = person in
charge of something
Fungible =
interchangeable
Prodigy = person
with marvellous gift
Eschew = to shun
as unworthy, avoid, abstain from
Gobble = to
swallow hastily in large pieces
Zenith = the top
We created a range of brilliant stories from the words of the day - The play write
burnt out, Under the weeping willow tree, The beacon, God help us all, The fashion
exhibition, Debt, We light the room – a great poem from Terry, In the harbour,
A brilliant career, Hiding on the balcony, Kevin Rudd’s anger and at the show
in silver tulle.
Cath – A warm day
ahead
Jo - Lifting the
curtain
Leonie – In the
café
David C – The
shepard’s hut
Terry – What
happened to dad?
Helene – the book
Di read a
childhood story “Wait a bit man” from an old book
Melissa – read a
letter and poem from her grandfather written for her 40 th birthday. The poem was based on his experiences of loos
and animals in Mildura.
Exercise
As Melissa is leaving JB to move to Adelaide this month we wrote stories
to honour Adelaide
Jo – not on my
radar
Pauline – new
friends in Adelaide
Geoff – travel to Adelaide
Leonie – I want to
go to Adelaide
David C – Adelaide
Diana – three
weeks in Adelaide
Terry – A girl
called Adelaide
Melisa – Lemonade
and yurts
Helene – Aunty
Mickey
Wendy – Adelaide
Lynne – snakes in
a hessian house
Cath – settlers
only in Adelaide
Part 1 –
introduction of two characters – was due 20 August 2014
Part 2 – the body
of the story – due 27 August 2014
Part 3 – the
conclusion – due 3 September 2014
If you haven’t
already done Part 1, you can read it on 27 August 2014
